16 chapters · 374 sections in this title.
SDCL § 45-4-1 Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential
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No location of a mining claim may be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located. Source: SDC 1939, § 42.0103 as added by SL 1955, ch 152 , § 1; SL 2011, ch 165 , § 166.
SDCL § 45-4-10 Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded
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The location or location certificate of any lode claim includes all surface ground within the surface lines of the lode claim and all lodes and ledges throughout their entire depth, the top or apex of which lie inside of the lode claim lines extended vertically and including part…
SDCL § 45-4-11 Longitudinal limits of claim
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If the top or apex of the lode in its longitudinal course extends beyond the exterior lines of the claim at any point on the surface or as extended vertically downward, such lode may not be followed in its longitudinal course beyond the point where it is intersected by the exteri…
SDCL § 45-4-13 Right to mine separate from right to surface--Security required of miner--Enforcement
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When the right to mine is in any case separate from the ownership or right of occupancy to the surface, the owner or rightful occupant of the surface may demand satisfactory security from the miner, and if it be refused, may enjoin such miner from working until such security is g…